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Environmental Science Understanding Our Changing Earth

ISBN-10: 142831170X

ISBN-13: 9781428311701

Edition: 2011

Authors: American Geological Institute Staff

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List price: $153.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
Publication date: 1/1/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 464
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.596
Language: English

Earth Systems
Energy, Matter and Systems
Earth Systems
How Science Studies Earth Systems
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review
Questions
Ecology
Understanding the Biosphere
Understanding Interactions in the Biosphere
The Biosphere is a Dynamic and Open System
The Biosphere and Humans
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review
Questions
Human Population
Population Basics
Population History and Trends
Population and the Environment
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review
Questions
Environmental Change
Environmental Change Around You
Thinking About Environmental Change
Understanding Rates and Scales of Environmental Change
Measuring Environmental Change
People and Environmental Change
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review
Questions
Coasts
Coasts and Earth Systems
Coasts and the Biosphere
People and Coasts
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review
Questions
Watersheds and Rivers
Watersheds and Rivers
Watershed and River Ecology
People and Rivers
Living with Rivers
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review
Questions
Weather and Storms
The Dynamic Atmosphere
Weather, Climate and the Biosphere
Severe Weather Conditions
People and Severe Weather
Human Impact on the Atmosphere
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review
Questions
Urban Environments
Urbanization
Urbanization and Earth Systems
Conclusions
Key Terms
Review
Questions
Restless Earth
The Moving Geosphere + Plate Tectonics
Shaping Earth+s Surface
Physiolography, Environments and Biomes
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review
Questions
Volcanoes
What Volcanoes Are
Volcanoes and Earth Systems
Volcanoes and People
Living with Volcanoes
Conculsion
Key Terms
Review
Questions
Earthquakes
What Earthquakes Are
Where Earthquakes Occur
Measuring Earthquakes
Predicting Earthquakes
People and Earthquakes
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review
Questions
Unstable Land
What is Unstable Land
Causes of Unstable Land
Living with Unstable Land
Conclusions
Key Terms
Review
Questions
Water
Earth + The Water Planet
Water and Earth+s System
Earth+s Water Resources
People and Water
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review
Questions
Using Earth+s Soil
How Soils Form
Why Soil is Important
The Soil Ecosystem
People and Soils
Sustaining Soils
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review
Questions
Using Earth+s Energy Resources
Why Energy is Important
Earth+s Energy Resources
The Environmental Concerns of Energy Use
The Energy Future
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review
Questions
Mining
Mineral Resources
Environmental Concerns
The Mineral Resource Future
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review
Questions
Can You See the Future?
Constraining the Future
Engaging for the Future Glossary
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